compound, rather than a mixture of multiple substances. Many types of thermobaric weapons can be fitted to hand-held launchers, and can also be launched from airplanes.

Terminology

The term thermobaric is derived from the Greek words for 'heat' and 'pressure': thermobarikos (???u????????), from thermos (???u??) 'hot' + baros (?????) 'weight, pressure' + suffix -ikos (-????) '-ic'.

Other terms used for the family of weapons

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